The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1887-03-05
Gov. HILL on DEMOCRACY,
en- .it,ail saa lssIG5.l u. = !.
iUontinued. from from flrst 'piage.y

}byt Democratic statesmen! IS Ahvoice:
tssThat's So" The Wariof 1872, to pro-
tect our sailors rights upon the high
seas, was a Democratic measure. ~ (Ap-
}piause. # The battle Of, New, Or;lea ans,
celebrated to this day by the Demo
cracysin every part off, the country, was
a crowning triumph Of Democratic
generalship.a (ApDlause.) y. 50 Fer
+ The Mexican war is too recent an
event for any one to deny that it was
instituted, carried on and successfully
concluded by and under a Dem cratic
administration and against the bitter
opposition of its enemies. In fact,
there has never been q war in which
the country has been engaged which
has been favored by the opponents Of
the Democratic party except the late
civil war. Yet they delight to proclaim
nowadays that their leaders are in
tensely American. There is not a
schoolboy in the Land, but what knows
I that.it was a Democratic hero who first
uttered the memorable sentiments;
('tThe, Federal Union-::-it mnst;an shall
he preserved,'' (AppIauseya.,s 7: It was a
Democratic President, James Monroe.
who boldly proclaimed The grand, doc;
trine that bears his name which has
ever since prevented the extension of
European domination on this continent,
It was a. Democratic Governor of this
state, Governor y Dung who issued his
famous war message iii l847, containing
the patriotic and ringing words 'iThe
country is invaded---the rights Of our
citizens have been trampled upon, and
I will sustain the country, right or
wrong" " so IN - ]. ~ -. y + 49,
A MORE AGGRESSIVE DEMOCRACY.
If I were to make any suggestions
upon this occasion, / should only urge
upon our party friends such action as
will tend to the encouragement or
development of a more vigorous and
aggressive Democracy everywhere.
Applause The Democratic banner
should be nailed to the outer wall, that
all men may see our colors and know
under which flag we fight. (Applause.}
1 believe that the best interests Of the
country are to be subseyed by Demo
cratic rule, and we should not be
ashamed to say SO. (Applause.) We
have no apologies to make, because we
believe in the principles Of our party.
"We are now as we eyer have been--f0r
measures, not for men, We pin our
faith upon TO mans sleeve" tsi'.:tse@7st
The promises OF our platform = on
which we obtained power should be re-
ligiously observed. cloud applause.)
The selfish and partisan legislation Of
our anniversaries should be promptly re-
pealed wherever we have the oppor7
tunity. The Tenure of Office Act,
passed in 1867, only to annoy and him
der an honest Prasident,. whom they
regarded as tobstreperous because he
was honest, should be blotted from the
statute book. {Applause) My friend,
Gen. Black, tellsnae that the bill has
been passed by the House within q few
days. {Applauss.l The Federal Flee
ton Law, providing for Federal super
visors and n1arshals TO supervise and
control our elections; in sovereign
States, which is a relic Of arbitrary and
unnecessary war; legislation, should
also be repealed, ,(Applause.) It r: makes e*s
no difference that this patronage is now
in our hands; the law should not be
permitted to remain. {Applause) Its
enforcement is useless waste Of the
peoples money, and a question OF. prin-
ciple is involved which should always
be regarded as more important than
mere party patronage, {Applause.)
The enormous and unnecessary rev
enues of the country, taken FROM the
people by indirect taxation, should be
reduced. q t1a ,"a4 Ltl@ -'t5 @2t7
"a TIME Fer PLAIN WORDS"
I believe it was Roscoe Conkllng who
once said, There are times when plain
words are the best" This is q good time
to address our Republican friends in
the language of truth, and to inform
them that the Democratic party mas
been defrauded, fooled and hoodwinked
long enough, and that it proposes to in
sist upon its political rights "A new
era has arrived. This is not 1854, and
it is not feasible to elect Repub4l-
cans by military rule Oh arbitrary
methods. This is not 1875, and
it is no longer practicable to felonlous-
" appropriate the electoral vote OF SOW
ereign States. A new era has arrived.
The day of convenient Democratic
laundering has also passed. lLong con
tinued applause.) The Republican
method Of insisting that all within re
publican control shall be Republican to
the core, and that all without Republ1-
can control shall be non-partisan, is no
longer likely to succeed. Times and
men. have changed. The day Of polltLll-
cal and substantial justice has come
The day of resolute, intelligent, Demo-